Imagine this. The children of Israel wandering about in the wilderness, thinking back to the Egyptian food they missed. \u201cWe remember the fish which we ate freely in Egypt, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic\u201d (Numbers 11:5). What if someone had delivered this bit of news to them — \u201cUniversity researchers have discovered that eating Egyptian food, especially leeks and onions, may cause cancer!\u201d Nothing they could do about it now. All those years of enjoying Egyptian food may have put cancer cells in their bodies. Life in the promised land would now be cancer ridden. If you can imagine this, you can know how I felt when I read the following headline in last week\u2019s newspaper \u2013 \u201cEating out may raise your risk of cancer.\u201d Oh no! Say it isn\u2019t so. All those years of double meat & cheese burgers, pizza buffets, all-you-can-eat breakfast bars, Bar B. Q. and beans, Chinese take-out? From fast food places to sit-down restaurants, I was doomed. The article went on to explain that it was the \u201cpotentially harmful chemicals called phthalate \u2026 which are often used as plastics . . . in packaging, takeout boxes, and gloves.\u201d I\u2019ve been so careful \u2013 no lung cancer from smoking; no stomach cancer from alcohol consumption, but now it\u2019s restaurant plastic that gives me cancer, not to mention all those plastic bags in which my mother wrapped my school sandwiches. I can envision my arrival in heaven. \u201cAnd how did you get here, Mr. Crawford?\u201d Well, I was eating at Smokey Joe\u2019s Caf\u00e9 when . . .\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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